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Chapter 2 Vocabulary Test

Match the correct vocublary term with the correct definition.  2 Points each.  Good luck!
 
 
a.
plantation
d.
Northwest Passage
b.
merchantilism
e.
coureur de bois
c.
Columbian Exchange
 

 1. 

the theory that a nations power is based on its wealth
 

 2. 

a large estate farmed by laborers who live there
 

 3. 

the exchange of goods, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americas
 

 4. 

a water route sought by Europeans that would carry them through the Americas
 

 5. 

a French trapper that lived among Native Americans
 
 
a.
strait
e.
pueblo
b.
circumnavigate
f.
mission
c.
conquistador
g.
presidio
d.
tribute
h.
encomienda
 

 6. 

a Spainish fort
 

 7. 

a religious settlement
 

 8. 

to sail around the world
 

 9. 

a home or community built by Native Americans
 

 10. 

a Spanish explorer in the Americas in the 1500s
 

 11. 

money paid for protection
 

 12. 

a narrow passageway connecting two larger bodies of water
 

 13. 

gave conquistadors the right to tax and demand labor from Native Americans
 
 
a.
classical
e.
caravel
b.
Renaissance
f.
pilgrimage
c.
technology
g.
mosque
d.
astrolabe
h.
line of demarcation
 

 14. 

a journey to a holy place
 

 15. 

Relating to ancient Greece and Rome
 

 16. 

The application of scientific discoveries to practical use
 

 17. 

a Muslim house of worship
 

 18. 

A small, fast ship with a broad bow
 

 19. 

an imaginary line to settle a land dispute between Spain and Portugal
 

 20. 

a period of intellectual and artistic creativity from 1300-1600
 

 21. 

an instrument used by sailors to observer the position of the stars
 



 
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